#(at the country club or anything)

[danielslaw]

DANIEL LARUSSO AND ANTHONY LARUSSO IN COBRA KAI SEASON 2 EPISODE 1

#daniel larusso #anthony larusso #ralph macchio #griffin santopietro #cobra kai #ckedit #cobrakaiedit #ck season 2 episode 1 #caligifs #caliedits #fandom : cobra kai #(oh the latino/italian universal temple/forehead kiss as a sign of affection) #(the way anthony does lean into it like he is used to it) #(DANIEL IS A DAD HE IS SO CARING OK) #(refusing those who say he is a bad father or neglectful ) #(we see him trying to bond with anthony since s1 ) #(at the country club or anything) #(sad thought of daniel wanting to bond with anthony the way his own father and miyagi bonded with him) #(teaching is his love language so daniel wants to teach anthony ANYTHING)

[barnbridges]

there is one very obvious explication to why out of all the hampdenians, it's marion who ends decayed in spite of not having "sinned" in any fundamental way, and that is that she shouldn't be looked at as a hampden student, but as a corcoran from the beginning. now this explication fits the bill, as anything we hear about them is either nondescript of absolutely tacky or terrible - about in tune with marion herself.

but this rises the question, if she's always meant to be read as one of them, is it as daughter or wife.

this seems like a ridiculous inquiry at first, because there's no character more wife, richard out the gate comparing her and bunny to long-married couples. but that still arises the question, if she's symbolically already married to him, her marrying his brother would be incestuous in taste, even if they do not share any blood directly. which makes you question... is she not familially linked to him by virtue of being predestined to be married to his brother instead? which one is the "right" husband? the first one, dead at 24, or the one who stood up and had a child with her?

while the answer will be "who put the ring on it, who is the father of marion's child?" but who is said child named after? whose daughter is mary katherine? what is she but a junior and posthumous child. brady corcoran might biologically be her father and marion's husband, but what is his daughter but the same bunny being born again out of the love marion had for him. it's in the name too, what is marion but another name for mary? that's both their names. in a child.

so this rises the question again, if the incestuous nature seems hard to determine, is it even dependent on who is who and the child is whose?

marion is not just a wife and the mother of the child, but arguably the one whose nature is that of the corcoran's own kind. shrewed, closed off, ever-happy, moody, taciturn, morally-bizarre and seemingly bizarre and indescribable to richard even years later. is she not by this point not Just a daughter in the law in the tune of the two lisas, but her own presence? hard to say, we don't hear of ole kathy after richard's suicide attempt.

what is certain is that the child that bears the name of marion also bears the name and mark of kathy. woman. she's mary katherine and she's bunny, daughter to marion, granddaughter to katherine. and what is this but a communion itself, of the same sort that marion has with kathy's two sons? while the two daughters in law steal kathy's pills, steal her sons, what did marion do but beg to be let in and gave her a gift atop it too.

#while the comparison is to say marion individually and independently of the blond men is shewed and locked into the country club herself #i do think marion is not anything if not the animus to bunny's anima #the man he could never be in a woman #authoritative and loving and able to navigate the world #and have dignity too #be functional #they aren't siblings in the way of blood they are the same person and it's really disturbing <3

[karmaphone]

anyways I think we can tie the lack of new subcultures* to the fact that nobody has any free time anymore, and what free time they have is spent digitally instead of Creating

#most time is spent at work now #*im American and know nothing of other country's subcultures obviously ig I'm just talking ab america #obviously you can Create digitally that's not the point #we haven't had the rise of a subculture not centered around anything digital since maybe the fashion of the middle 2000s but even that is #intricately connected to the rise of digital everything from phones to tamogachis to neopets #like probably the closest was the second resurgence of goth in the 90s #'wah you're not mentioning my very specific niche subculture' ok point out a subculture on the rise like punk & goth was in the 70s & 80s. #I'm not articulating this well #I'm not counting emo bc that was a slow emergence from goth in the mid to late 2000s and is also tied to the digitization of culture #but like what else is there. the rise in evangelicalism? tied to digitization bc that's how they reach half their audience #oh!!! maybe techno!! #altho that's more a music genre instead of a subculture #but really point out to me a subculture that was Bug And Different like goth & punk were in the 70s & 80s and folk music & goin granola were #in the 60s & 70s and the way flappers & their dance & club culture rose to prominence. like. where's the new subcultures babe #we're just stuck in a loop of infinite rerun reboot rerun reboot but culture too #look at how we're recycling 90s and 2000s looks now

[traitorestraven]

probably not going to go back to writing aew fic for a while but i am trying to think of ways to smash together cm punks absolutely bonkers jesus symbolism with mjf's personification of jewish masculine anxiety in a way that is sexy and fun instead of just vaguely antisemitic

#like............. #mjf as assimilation narrative he wants to achieve the american dream he wants to reach the asymptotic line of total acceptance he wants #to be the victor of the shining city on a hill #but the dream is unobtainable it does not exist and every person he follows is in some way unlike him #such that he must betray them #because they have betrayed him first #by leaving him wandering in the desert #moses could not enter the promised land he wandered in the desert until he died and mjf is fundamentally afraid that he too will be denied #entry at the last minute #he loves cm punk for being what he wants to become but cannot become him without destroying himself #something something cody is america as presented at ellis island #statue of liberty huddled masses etc etc #chris jericho is the america of the almighty dollar #the country club the board room the private jet #cm punk is the underlying undercurrent of american counterculture #which is in its own way consumed by the thing it rebels against #a cult of beautiful outraged suffering #william regal is the working man's meritocracy #and mjf loves and hates them all because they cannot make him anything other than what he is #a five foot nothing adhd riddled jewboy #and he's certain everyone can see it #(but punk is special because after the rejection and the pain mjf wants to belong with him the most) #(but because of the things he has forced himself to be in order to survive in the world) #(punk is the only one who rejects him first) #(mjf craves validation for his anger and punk is the only one who can give it to him and that's why punk) #(will never shake his hand) #mjf #anyway this was inspired by cm punk's stigmata hands #which is #just

[crybaby-bkg]

so frustrated bc I always get the worse writers block whenever I’m pmsing bc I keep convincing myself that my writing is shit and no one’s gonna like it so I don’t write it and then regret it bc when I DO wanna write it I forget the premise of it and akdhdkdjd

so so so so so so frustrating and annoying and I yam So Tired of it all

#I had an idea about being like one of those people who work in like country clubs n shit #and catering to retired heroes but I just can’t seem to word anything right #lowkey wanna cry lmao I’m so frustrated and irritable #and I’m cold which makes it even harder to type #just fucked up all around lol #also I wanna submit for my schools writing club contest #but the president of the organization is putting so many restrictions on it and it’s stressing me out so bad #it’s already a struggle to get a good idea out and to be so limited is so very difficult #sorry I’m full of complaints I’m just not doing well mentally at all and everything sucks #I made my first ice cream cake today and was so proud of it #and then someone made fun of how it looked and I just #I know they were joking but it really made me wanna cry especially after already having a draining day #and that was the one thing I was happy about ya know???? #SORRY I’m just gonna go lay down and try to read some maybe #—in store chit chat! 🍫 #tw: vent

[raininyourblackeyes]

omg i have an ask that says "what's your favourite ancient civilization?" that i'm so anxious to answer actually because i don't think i'm qualified to have one...? like i did want to study archaeology but my plan was to catch up to fun stuff and detailed facts in uni once i was away from my family because that was an easier way to live since my dad only valued mathematics and physics as something i should've been spending my time on. so like to avoid being called stupid and useless and disappointment to him more than was necessary, my knowledge of history in general was restricted to basic stuff we learned in school and when i started uni i deleted most of that stuff from my memory because well turns out i won't need that and it's easier not to think of an alternate universe where the pandemic didn't happen and i got out, instead of remaining stuck with my family studying pharmacy... and even from the school stuff, we only focuesed on mesopotamia, persia, ancient egypt and then everything else was europe. so my knowledge of ancient civilizations beyong that is that they existed. i was planning to learn about as much suff as possible during that summer before starting university but that obviously didn't happen and now i feel so underqualified to actually answer that harmless little ask. like answering ancient egypt or ancient greece or ancient rome because i remember the most about them from school because we did study those the most sounds boring but i also literally would need to google english spelling and exact names for anything more fun that i remember. like my knowledge is that little. i shouldn't be getting this worked up over an ask lmao but i don't want to have this rant be an answer to it so i have to get it out before i eventually gather what little i remember and try to figure out an answer

#besties i had to get a license for judging skating for my dad to stop yelling at me for watching it #i read classics for school at home because those were acceptable books and usually discussed over dinner but any fantasy and sci-fi etc #had to be read on the bus to school (if i was going by the bus) so he wouldn't find out and deem me a waste of money and his time #i spent from august 2019 to february 2020 slowly explaining that studying archaeology abroad wouldn't be pointless and wouldn't be somethin #only people who can't get into any other faculty would study for him to reluctantly agree #to this day he is saying that the pandemic was actually perfect for me because i didn't throw away my life and potential #i was to my country's biggest museum thrice in my life. mandatory school visits. #okay but not to give you a wrong picture my parents really really aren't strict or anything #sure i do lie to my dad a lot but rn i am the only person who gets along with him at home #like yeah i have to be home by 22 at last but that's reasonable to me i see no reason to stay out that late #i have never been to a club sure but i also would rather eat my own arm than go to a club #yes they do ignore the fact that i hate drawing and painting in favour of boasting how talented i am and yeah my dad is complaining #how i should have studied architecture instead of pharmacy and i do hide the fact that i like to write from them but also #i did paint my cousin's book covers so it's kind of difficult for them to understand that i don't like that and writing is a silly hobby

[guideaus]

i think the last two places i lived had a population of 12k and 20k people, and rn it's 13k, and they were all conservative. the only reason this place feels slightly better than the last ones is because im closer to actual, bigger cities than before. i think u could long for community, but if ur saying that in the most populated place in the country, i can't help but feel a little confused, lol.

#personal #idk maybe theres some opposite effect where the literal most populous place in the country is lonelier (???) but. idk i bet they have pride #uh ppl on here made fun of gsa clubs (?) and i was like wtf even was that. i saw there was a pride event here and i was tentatively like 🤔 #i visited my dad's family way in the middle of arkansas that didnt even have 3k ppl and the wife there talked abt someone getting #hate crimed. i'd understand a 'i wish there were people like me here' post there but nyc..? #im not gonna call them an idiot or anything but uhh 😬 i think u could say go outside in that scenario fshjfjhsd #go outside (affectionately) #play twewy maybe

[gawayne]

ughh SORRY BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT the people you meet in engineering are just by and large so unpleasant I hate it here

#DONT get me wrong there are at least three very cool eng students here #but fuckign. come on we have to admit it. the structure of the program makes you worse and more annoying #out of stress out of competitiveness whatever #yknow what I’ve never heard in english class or art club? earnest discussions of crypto #elon musk fangirling #clique-forming based on whether you have a fucking pilot’s license #using gay as an insult like it’s 2014 #physical assault #etc #christ be normal for a bit!! talk about something that doesn’t make me wanna kill myself! #tbh think the issue might be that smart mean rich kids either go into mech/elec or medicine #and there’s nowhere else in the country for aero freaks to go so they all end up here. revving their audis at 10pm and cutting off busses #no joke every few months I’m like huh I should try to make friends in this program. and I go to a social event or talk to someone or w/e #and then I remember that they are not fun to hang out with because I don’t invest or like cars or want a plane or drink #and I am not willing to sit thru that discussion until someone brings up something more interesting. usually there isn’t anything #see our capstone group works bc it’s full of adhd bitches. today we talked about eggs for an hour #ughhhhh. genuinely I think it’s weird how many ppl don’t have hobbies beyond gaming drinking and investing and I fundamentally can’t get #along with them and that’s why all the cool engineers are found in art club #or maybe I’m just insane and annoying who knows

[releaseholiday]

I love being controversial 🙏🏻 so i'll speak my opinion, i don't give a shit if they are childhood friends of louis, most of the time they seem more freeloaders than friends

Bestie that’s not controversial at all😭😭 they’re leeches

#other than oli bc he actually does work lol #but everyone else? they only care about Louis when they need to get in a club or fly to another country for a show #never once any of them posted anything about his music or supported him in any way #and I know sm doesn’t mean shit but when they post party pics with him but don’t post about his career that got them all this free shit🙃🙃 #I don’t like any of hl’s friends #the ones we know of #and after what he said about his friends never congratulating him on his achievements?? wtf lol

[safetea]

What kind of music do you like? I've been listening to Old Black Magic by Josh Ritter a couple of times today

i liked it!! idk i listen to a mix of pop punk, some hyperpop, metalcore, regular pop 🥳

#used to say i hate country & classical music but I don’t think that’s true anymore #if anything is the worst then it’s super patriotic country tho #and boring club music

[irascible-iridescent]

What are the odds to meet a girl who likes girls in a town which is like 100k people? :/ I wonder how many there can be, like 5?

#and what are the odds that this girl would like me it’s actually even bigger question #i have been living in a small town my whole life its also homophobic country too #so its not like there would be any clubs for it or anything #personal

[tsui-no-sora]

One day I will have enough money for Dream merch <- Daily Affirmations

#I see the whole dash talking about the merch stuff and it completely flies over my head because just the shipping fee for my country is #already over 200 pesos and there's not a single thing sold under 300 #so i just will never buy anything #i hope everybody's merch club and merch are good tho i have heard that dream's merch as a general its really high quality #beloved rambles

[micecubes]

gene's choice of drink in the evenings is a rusty nail. there has to be significance there but I don't know what it is.

#better call saul #gene takovic #I don't know a lot about mixology but my partner used to cook in a country club kitchen so they were familiar with the bar #gilligould don't do anything just because #so there must be a reason for his choice of drink that I'm not aware of

[bxdtime-ceai]

i hate that my community is so small. i hate that social anxiety prevents me from meeting the people i want and expanding my community and instead puts me in the hospital. i hate that i cant get any kind of medication without losing my visa. i hate going to the straight clubs because the only other lgbtq+ night life is just very small gay clubs where i feel like i and my group are taking space that we shouldn't. i hate that i am always somewhat uncomfortable around the people with whom i am the most comfortable. i hate that even the one person i can relate to about this stuff is able to mask better than me. it's like i am set up to fail socially

#mine #personal #rant #i went to the club last weekend and was uncomfortable the entire time #partially bc it was very VERY straight vibes which is not a bad thing but its not my element #and partially bc the club = high chance for social anxiety episode #we made plans to go to the gay club throughout the night but cancelled it bc the majority of our group is straight and feels uncomfortable #but im not gonna go to any club alone #so i just go where they go #the most fun i had was smoking in the smoking room for 2 mins talking to some rando in korean and barely understanding half of what he said #its such a fickle situation too bc i cant go with too many people and also not too few #but i dont even know where the limits are #2 people is too few but 3 can sometimes be too few too #and 4 is too many #like wtf!!!!!!!!!! #and then theres the issue of even if i were to go to the gay club instead i would be taking up space wrongfully bc-- #--theyre so small and im just gonna stand around or sit on a stool or whatever barely doing anything n realistically that doesnt fit into-- #--their business model so they might ask me to leave #and theres always the issue of gay men questioning every woman in the gay club and why we are there #as if there are any lesbian clubs or bars in 95% of this country #not a single lesbian or wlw establishment in the city much less any city outside of the capital #that might be an exaggeration but there are literally none in my LARGE city #there is a total of one singular trans bar in the whole city and its brand new but hasnt even opened yet #so where am i supposed to go #but thats still ignoring the other problem which is social anxiety #how many more hospital trips am i gonna have #asexual #aromantic #wlw #sapphic

[mintharan]

the way that post abt so much heteronormative content for astarion where op never mentioned his sexuality in any way immediately got hijacked into "well actually the authors of all those tradwife fantasies clogging the tags that you mean evil homos complain about are bisexual so they're being radical about it! let people have fun why are you complaining abt how people play a game!" like. being a gay video game fan is hell actually

I mean...yeah, that's the feeling I get. Gay people aren't allowed to voice discomfort (and I will add the caveat that op of that post is bi, and several people who agreed with the post are bi as well) with heteronormative content in fandom (or anywhere, let's be real) without being accused of biphobia. Heteronormativity is not good, it's the social expectation that people be cis and heterosexual with the set behaviours that come with it. I think it's kind of tone-deaf to say that upholding the nuclear family ideal is fine actually if a bi person is into it. It's worth questioning why these depictions are so popular, and tbh if these women are bi that's even more concerning, do they see their attraction to women as a fetish? Something to pursue only for sexual gratification because they fully expect to marry and have children with men? Do they think this is more desirable/convenient? If so, why? What are the social implications of this line of thinking how does social expectations of cisheteronormativity play into it? Aren't gay people allowed to have thoughts on the matter?

I think at the end of the day, some people really want to believe that being cis in a m/f relationship is socially radical, actually. And they'll lose their minds if you point out this is the ideal couple form according to all the world's major religions and far-right parties.

#like obviously i'm not saying there's anything wrong about being straight or just overall in a m/f relationship #this is value neutral #but acting like you experience discrimination for this is crazy #gay people online thinking you're kind of mid is not discrimination be real #this is even more grating when in most of the western world real world spaces where gay people could meet and interact with each other #are disappearing. All my teen/uni years gay bars and clubs are gone #more and more we're forced to retreat online for any kind of lgbt community #it's disheartening #i'm glad this isn't the case in the global south and that lgbt spaces aren't disappearing at the same rate (in some cases they're growing!) #but it's very obvious that the west's forced assimilation 'acceptance' of lgbt people has led to our erasure from public life #i think it's cruel when gay people express any kind of discomfort with this that we're told 'what about bi people in m/f relationships' #and the assimilation mostly applies to cis gay people #and in some countries to straight trans people #gay trans people are the most vulnerable in our community #and yet most resources and help and community outreach is directed at straight trans people #i think people see their little bubbles on tumblr as somehow being representative of real world social dynamics

[myname-isnia]

My absolute favourite sitcom to watch growing up is getting a next gen sequel and idk how to feel about it

#see I adored the original bc I live for unconventional big family dynamics #and yes I did only start watching it after the final episode aired bc I was too young to watch when it was coming out #it aired from 2007 to 2012/23 #back then I wasn’t concerned with anything but mlp and winx club #and they cancelled it after the 20th season leaving it on a cliffhanger #of course even before that the show hadn’t gotten too great #the premise was that a woman leaves her husband alone with five daughters ranging in age from 17 to 5 #and he has to raise them with help from no one but his mother in law on a family therapist’s salary #but then around season 7 the actor wanted to move on to other projects so they did a switch. the mom came back and the dad decided to leave #so he could think everything over #then by season 13 he came back and season 14 became 20 episodes of infuriating miscommunication #but they shorted their shit out and the next four seasons were focused more on the married life of the second daughter #(which. is a whole other can of worms. that character literally taught me sarcasm and they ruined her #she was a rebellious goth who went against the system. they gave her a love interest and turned her into a housewife #and I actually loved the relationship she had. it was cute. I just wish they didn’t make her not only stop being a goth #but call herself stupid for ever being one) #season 18 ended on a logical conclusion. then they decided on 2 more seasons where the whole family moves into a big house in the country #and I’ve only watched those two once so I really only remember that it ended on a cliffhanger #and now. a decade later. they’re making a sequel #that said second daughter followed her mother’s footsteps and left her husband alone with a bunch of daughters #and I’m a bit conflicted. like her character was massacred already. if she knew the trauma of being left by her mom why would she do it? #most likely it’ll be actually explained in the new show #and they got basically the entire og cast back together too which is gonna be really fun #see how they all aged and grew up #so I’m equal parts excited and worried. for the sake of 10yo me who binged most of those seasons several times I hope it’s good #the first episode is starting in like 3 minutes so I’m gonna shut up now and go turn on the tv #rant over #папины дочки #папины дочки новые